There are a couple of different ways to accomplish this but the best and easiest approach is to purchase a camping tent with an ac port or ac flap already built into the tent.
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The unit is outside the camper and so the noisy level is reduced.
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Window mounted units are also stronger than most portable a c units and cool the camper down extremely well.
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Use spray on glue or beacon fabric glue to apply the re enforcing fabric to the outside of the tent.
Most tent campers prefer window air conditioners because they offer more cooling capacity at an affordable price.
The tent is small lightweight and will fit into the air conditioning ports on the tents we listed above.
This frigidaire air conditioner is the perfect air conditioner to take camping.
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Unlike a portable a c unit that you need to place within an already small pop up camper window mounted units are placed on the outside of the camper.
I put an ac unit in my tent last summer in texas.
You need to customize your tent to fit the unit for instance cutting a hole in your window or mounting it through the doorway.
It work great at night kept the tent at 70 after the sun went down until sunrise.
I ve even seen temporary solutions where a family placed the a c unit near a window and placed the vent through the window like this evaporative cooler on adam alvarez s old tent trailer.
I used on of the units that stands up right and has an exhaust hose and a drain hose for condensation.
Just ran the two hoses out the door and dug a small trench to collect the water and drain it away from the tent.
If you are going to use a window ac unit for camping ac then yes you need a tent with an ac port that will allow you to attach the window ac unit to the side of the tent.
Here is another example of adding an inexpensive a c unit through the door opening from angel and mike on flickr.
However installation can be a problem.
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